Butter-mold.



N0. 7l0,546. Patented Oct. 7, I902;

F. A. WEGNER.

BUTTER MOLD.

(Application filedDct. 17, 1901.;

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FREDERICK ADOLPH WEGNER, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

BUTTER-MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,546, dated October7, 1902.

Application filed October 17,1901. Serial No. 78,968. (No model.)

To all 1071,077 it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK ADOLPH XVEGNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Madison, in the county of Dane and State of VVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBllhtGldlIOldS; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to butter-molds such as are used for forming butterinto small cakes for individual use; and its objectis to cheapen andsimplify the construction, render the molding operation easy andeffective, and to provide for automatically ejecting the print after thejaws of the mold have been opened, so that the print is discharged whilethe mold assumes the position ready to receive the next disk or cake ofbutter, and thus the work is greatly expedited.

\Vith these objects in view the invention consistsin the construction,combination,and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described inthe following description and finally pointed out in the claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of the mold ready to receive a supply of butter. Fig. 2is a similar view, partly in section, showing the position of the moldwhen the butter has been compressed therein. Fig. 3 is a top plan viewof the mold, the operating-handles being broken away. Fig. 4. isa View,partly in elevation and partly in section, showing the position of theparts when the print is being ejected.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts throughout the several views.

A designates one of the jaws of the mold, one end of which is formedinto a handle a, to which is secured a spring a. B designates the otherjaw of the mold fulcrumed to the jaw A and provided with a handle I),which is normally held separated from the jaw A by the spring a, thefree end of which engages with the said handle b.

Upon the end of the jaw A is mounted a presser-block a in the form of adisk the edges of which are slightly beveled upwardly to adapt them toconform to the interior shape of the mold b on the end of the other jawB. The mold 19 consists of a disk-shaped receptacle for the butterand isprovided with a central exteriorly-scrow-threaded tubular stud c, whichscrews into the screw-threaded opening in the end of the jaw B. Withinthe receptacle b is mounted a follower-block (I, having its lowersurface provided with any design and which is secured by a screw 61 tothe arm (1 which extends through the tubular stud of the mold. This armd is curved rearwardly and downwardly and extended through the openings6 and e in the jaws A and B, so that it will not interrupt the verticalmovement of the jaws. Upon this arm (I is mounted a coil-spring f, whichis confined between the top of The jaw B and the transverse pin f in thearm. The free end of the arm 01- is bent rearwardly and provided with ashoulder f which engages with the edge of the opening 6 in the jaw Awhen the jaws are distended or open to eject the print from the mold, asshown in Fig.4.

In Fig. l the device is shown in position ready to receive a supply ofbutter, the spring a having forced the handles apart sufficiently todisengage the shoulder f on the arm d from the edge of the opening 6.After the mold b has been filled with butter the handles are drawntogether against the action of the spring a, and the presser-block a onthe end of one of the jaws will be inserted within the mold b tocompress the butter and form a print, as shown in Fig. 2. This action ofthe jaws also'slightly compresses the spring f, and the follower-block dis tightly seated in the top of the mold. When the handles A and B arereleased, the spring a will force the same apart, and consequently openthe jaws and release the presser-block from the mold. As the jawscontinue to open the edge of the opening 6 will engage with theshoulderf on the end of the armd and draw said arm downwardly againstthe tension of the coil-springf, and with it the follower-block d, whichdislodges the print from the mold. This position of the jaws is shown inFig. 4. It will be seen that the print is not ejected until the shoulderf is engaged by the edge of the opening 0 or not until the presser-blocka is separated asuflicient distance from the mold. The springfexerts anupward pressure upon the arm 01 and holds the follower-block tightly inthe top of the mold. By this operation the print is not ejected untilthe lower jaw and its presser-block has assumed the position shown inFig. 4, whereupon the print will easily fall from the presser-blockwithout being marred, as it otherwise would be if the ejecting operationimmediately took place upon the release of the jaws. After the print hasbeen ejected the jaws may be further expanded until the shoulder f? isdisengaged from the edge of the opening 6, which allows the coil-springfto again expand and draw the follower-block upwardly into its normalposition, as shown in Fig. l, whereupon it is ready to receive anothersupply of butter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is

1. Abutter-mold comprising pivoted jaws, a mold carried by one of thejaws, an ejector in the mold, a presser-block carried by the other jaw,and means connecting the ejector and the last-named jaw whereby theejector is actuated by the spreading of the said jaws.

2. In a device for molding prints of butter comprising two normallyseparated jaws, fulcrumed at an intermediate point, a mold detachablymounted upon the end of one of said jaws, and a presser-block carried bythe end of the other jaw, an arm carried by the molding-jaw, one end ofwhich is extended through the mold to support a follower-block and theother end provided with a shoulder adapted to be engaged by the oppositejaw to eject the print from the mold, a coil-spring mounted upon the armabove the upper jaw to exert an upward pressure upon said arm and holdthe follower-block tightly seated in the top of the mold, substantiallyas described.

3. A butter-mold comprising pivoted jaws, a mold carried by one of thejaws, an ejector in the mold, a presser-block carried by the other jaw,and means on the first-named jaw to hold the ejector against actionduring the melding of the print.

4:- A butter-Inold comprising pivoted jaws, a mold carried by one of thejaws, an ejector in the mold, means to hold the ejector againstoperation during the compression of the jaws and means to actuate theejector by the spreading of the jaws.

5. A butter-mold comprising pivoted jaws,

a mold carried by one of the jaws, an ejector in the mold, meansactuated by a partial spreading of the jaws to eject the print, andmeans released by a continued spreading of the jaws to retract theejector.

6. A butter-mold comprising pivoted jaws, a mold carried by one of thejaws, an ejector in the mold, a presser-block carried by the other jaw,and an arm connecting the ejector and the last-named jaw, whereby thespreading of the jaws actuates the ejector.

7. A butter-mold comprising pivoted jaws, a mold carried by one of thejaws, an ejector in the mold, a presser-block carried by the other jaw,an arm connecting the ejector and the last-named jaw, and means on thearm to hold the ejector seated in the mold.

8. A butter-mold comprising pivoted jaws, a mold carried by one of thejaws, an ejector in the mold, a presser-block carried by the other jaw,and an arm secured to the ejector and detachably engaging the last-namedjaw.

9. A butter-mold comprising pivoted jaws, a mold carried by one of thejaws, a presserblock carried by the other jaw, and means connected tothe ejector and detachably engaging thelast-named jaw whereby theejector is actuated by the spreading of the jaws.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK ADOLPH WEGNER.

WVitnesses:

GLENN L. GILBERT, C. E. SMITH.

